"instrumentalize" meaning in All languages combined

See instrumentalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: instrumentalizes [present, singular, third-person], instrumentalizing [participle, present], instrumentalized [participle, past], instrumentalized [past]
Etymology: instrumental + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instrumental|ize}} instrumental + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} instrumentalize (third-person singular simple present instrumentalizes, present participle instrumentalizing, simple past and past participle instrumentalized)
  1. (transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. Tags: transitive Translations (make into an instrument for achieving a goal): instrumentalitzar (Catalan), instrumentaliser (French), instrumentalizar (Galician), instrumentalisieren (German), εργαλειοποιώ (ergaleiopoió) (Greek), strumentalizzare (Italian), instrumentalizar (Portuguese), instrumentalizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-en-verb-1a9qedLZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'make into an instrument for achieving a goal': 98 2
  2. (music, transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice): instrumentalisieren (German), strumentalizzare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-en-verb-lXaWIDTy Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: instrumentalization

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} instrumentalize
  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of instrumentalizar: Tags: form-of Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-gl-verb-MpHuZxBC
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of instrumentalizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-gl-verb-Y2ArDYwl Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 26 48 26
  3. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of instrumentalizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-gl-verb-AK4ZnHna

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} instrumentalize
  1. inflection of instrumentalizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-pt-verb-Y2ArDYwl Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of instrumentalizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-pt-verb-AK4ZnHna

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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